I was under the weather the entire first week of July, so I spent July 4 in bed, reading this book by Mitch Horowitz. Published in 2009, Occult America is an entertaining survey of a variety of “occult” religious trends that blossomed over three centuries of American history.… Read the rest
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Month: July 2018
According to the Marathon Swimmers Federation, the minimum distance to qualify a swim as a “marathon swim” is 10 kilometers. By that definition, I guess I’m now a marathon swimmer.
Yesterday I joined about 20 others in a 10km (6.2 mile) swim from the Capitola pier to the Santa Cruz pier, by way of a rather arbitrary point about 2 miles due south from Capitola.… Read the rest
interesting links
- “Backpack,” by Tony Earley | The New Yorker
- Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds | Environment | The Guardian
- Boy Scouts in a war zone
- Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science
- I’ve Got 99 Problems But SPF Ain’t One | Valimail
- Introducing 1Password for Democracy | 1Password
- TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist
- Clown School
- On Subtlety
- What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view.
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